Team Nun Bus rides the infamous ice roads of ...........

Bruce_H · Mar 9, 2011

Very nice, Thanks for sharing. Still I am wanting spring or at least some sun. Raining and blowing 40 here today.

BeerTeam · Mar 9, 2011

vwboomer said:
Ice track from 1-17-2011 weekend

2 miles even, and it took Lobster 8 minutes and 6 seconds to navigate round it

BENRON said:
1-30-2011 track

BENRON said:
2-7-2011 track-

Wifarmer said:
I blasted out a new track last Saturday (about 1.5miles) and granted my truck has a 9 foot blade, it took some serious time and fuel to build a track. The snow is getting heavy and we're supposed to get another 2-4 on Friday night.

papalobster said:
the Jeep, I've been pushing snow with that thing for 8 years now, anything from an inch to 3+ foot drifts. When it gets deep, you need chains.

I know where your coming from with wear and tear and fuel. I've drained the tank more than one morning building tracks. Not to mention to 3-5hours needed building a new track each weekend, especially when it gets deep or crusty. All that boils down to why this year I decided it was time to just give the plow guy some money and I'll run laps instead.

2-13-2011

Bret's Jeep
Cory's F350

BeerTeam · Mar 9, 2011

C Squared said:
Little welding in the shop and the Jeep plow is back up....

The track look's to be FAST and FUN.

But hard to tell for sure in a truck!

vwboomer said:
It started out dicey due to visibility, but ended up being a good day, though with a lot of traffic.

Cory, Bret, here is my plowing request:

After a straight stretch,
a 90 into a short s-curve with riders going southwest (the sun at the cameras back),
with a 90 degree exit.

Last weeks track was perfect for the camera :clap

Jim

BeerTeam · Mar 9, 2011

Photo Above: BENRON

vwboomer said:
Every time Jim takes pictures (and they're good pictures!)
it becomes more evident how much of a camera whore Ben is

BENRON said:
I should sell advertising space on the bottom of the engine case

Photo Below: Chad Leal

BeerTeam · Mar 9, 2011

vwboomer said:
I might have up upgrade Brownsvillian to Ben 2.0 for his LookAtHowICanRide antics

Seein those guys with the MF44's.....maybe it's best not to get them.

Sure seems like they need to stretch out a lot more to get flexible enough to put bars on the ground

BENRON said:
I'm pretty sure I looked like that too... you know, right before I crashed.

I hate that corner. I hope it melts... MELTS!

BeerTeam · Mar 9, 2011

BENRON said:
Hey Jim-

Got any pictures of Cory two seconds later?

C Squared said:
Um, I didn't fall once yesterday

BeerTeam · Mar 9, 2011

Gasdoctor said:
The XR is studded up and ready to rock!:super

Gasdoctors son and sister enjoying the Honda XR100

BeerTeam · Mar 9, 2011

Noise is always an issue when riding dirt bikes. Many Wisconsin Lakes are finding ways to stop ice riding because of noise. Sound travels far in cold weather and bare ice.

papalobster said:
I hope the track was decent for everyone, because that's probably what we're going to be using for quite some time.

As far as noise, you saw the fancy banner we had made up. The idea was not to turn anyone away, but to show anyone on shore that we are addressing the issue on our own. It was supposed to be placed right by the access point on shore so the property owners could see it too. But we didn't have access at Clarence's for that.

As far as sound testing. I used 2 different meters and got some numbers. I also checked a few bikes at the owners request in the parking area. Not optimal, but you'd get an idea at least. On the edge of the track near the entrance road I was getting most bikes right in the mid-90's There were a couple standouts of course, and I hope you guys address it to the best of your ability. Riding style and where full throttle was applied in the corner affected the readings. Peak was 106.5 Dba for all bikes. I'll try to bring the meter and tach every time I go out. I'm also going to find a copy of the MIC book that has the correct test RPM.

Not sure how it's going to affect riding at Pete's but sturgeon spearing starts the 12th and we have one of the only plowed roads on the south shore.

A reminder....

Leave the LOUD bikes home! We put a lot of effort into this track and want to keep the local lake dwellers happy! We are shootin' for 96 db or less....

98... Repack? 102 go home....

Thanks

dreams · Mar 10, 2011

thanks for sharing!

BeerTeam · Mar 17, 2011

Vintage KTM

BeerTeam · Mar 17, 2011

.......................................Team NunBus riding Bago

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Amazing what different light will do
Above: late afternoon winter sun, very cold crystallize snow
Below: bright cloudy day, near freezing making the snow clumpy

BeerTeam · Mar 17, 2011

BeerTeam · Mar 17, 2011

Above: Wrong way
Below: Off course

BeerTeam · Mar 17, 2011

"The Lake" is a very nice piece of nature

I can see why ice fishermen enjoy it so

But for me, I need the excitement of the motorcycle with my nature

BeerTeam · Mar 17, 2011

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BeerTeam · Mar 17, 2011

#501

BeerTeam · Mar 17, 2011

351 501 Dogfight
Some of the riders like to race each other

I like to stay out of their way

BeerTeam · Mar 17, 2011

Above: Team Nun Bus pits
Below: The other guys pits

BeerTeam · Mar 17, 2011

Team Nun Bus
partially consist of

a high school shop teacher
a coupla engineers
and a self proclaimed lumberjack . . .

so we always have interesting appliances
for keeping ourselves and our food nice and toasty

Team Nun Bus rides the infamous ice roads of ...........

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